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Tennessee Williams. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, 1950.
Price: US$199.45 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: slipcase and spine are somewhat foxed, contents clean, limited edition of 500, the slipcase is only fair due to foxing
Seller: Fantastic Book Discoveries, Cockeysville, MD, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee.. THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE.. New Directions: NY, 1950.
Price: US$339.25 + shipping
Description: 8 x 5.5, parchment backed patterned boards, 148 pp, covers worn, spine darkened, extremities a bit bumped and worn, a few spots to eps, small spots to foredge of text block, embossed initials and ink name on title, else a decent copy in a moderately worn, darkened and sunned slipcase. FIRST ED, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, SIGNED BY AUTHOR.
Seller: John K King Used & Rare Books, Detroit, MI, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, New York, 1950.
Price: US$349.99 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: About fine copy, with a few faint spots near spine else fine. Signed by Williams to colophon page and limited to 500 copies. In edgeworn, edgetoned slipcase. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, New York, 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: Signed by Author Parchment-backed dec. boards, gilt-lettered spine, slipcase. One of 500 copies. Signed by author in colophon. Minor darkening to spine. The boards, endpages, and pages are pristine. Dampstain to lower corner of slipcase with minor shelfwear sunning. This copy obtained from a nationally known auction house.
Seller: Next Chapter Books SC, LLC, Lexington, SC, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, (New York), 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Quarter Japanese vellum and decorated papercovered boards. Spine a bit toned, else near fine in slightly sunned and soiled very good or better slipcase. One of 500 copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, Tennessee. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, (New York), 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition. Quarter Japanese vellum and decorated papercovered boards. Spine a bit toned, else near fine in slightly worn, very good slipcase. One of 500 copies Signed by the author.
Seller: Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, New York, 1950.
Price: US$350.00 + shipping
Description: Near fine but for bit dulled spine, in very good slipcase with rear spine panel starting at front edge. One of 500 specially bound copies signed by the author. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall (5 x 9" or 13.5 x 22.5cm); 148 pp
Seller: Beasley Books, ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, New York, 1950.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: First edition. Limited, signed edition of 500 unnumbered copies with Williams' signature on rear colophon in blue ink. Near fine in Very Good+ slipcase. Typical darkening to spine. Slipcase has a bit of rubbing along bottom edge and light toning. A nice signed limited edition of the famous playwright's novel, which was the basis of a 1961 film.
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
WILLIAMS, TENNESSEE.. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New York: New Directions, 1950, 1950.
Price: US$450.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition; one of 500 copies signed by the author. Very good in a publisher's slipcase with some cracking and soiling. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, Norfolk, Conn., 1950.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: The first trade edition, published by New Directions in 1950. This copy has been signed by Tennessee Williiams. A near fine example of the book with a bump to lower board. An uncommonly bright near fine dust jacket. While the first signed, limited edition appears with some frequency - the signed trade edition is considerably less common.
Seller: The Reluctant Bookseller, Albany, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone. New Directions, New York, 1950.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: Boards, vellum spine, slipcase. Spine darkened as usual, otherwise fine. One of 500 copies signed by Williams, this copy is additionally inscribed by Williams to Gertrude Liebman. Crandell A9.1.a.
Seller: Thomas A. Goldwasser Rare Books (ABAA), CHESTER, CT, U.S.A.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. SIGNED on the first blank. About Near Fine in a Very Good plus dust jacket. Boards lightly rubbed. Jacket lightly edgeworn, with two closed tears on the crown and top edge of the front panel, repaired with cello tape on the verso.
Seller: Royal Books, Inc., ABAA, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.
Price: US$697.00 + shipping
Description: Finely bound vellum-backed batik boards in glassine dw, near fine. An exceptional copy complete with the original (somewhat edge-worn) slip-case. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 148 pages; Description: 148 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Americans--Italy--Fiction. Women--Italy--Fiction. Rome (Italy) --Fiction. Limited to 500 copies and SIGNED by the author. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Williams, Tennessee. THE ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE. New Directions, NY, 1950.
Price: US$700.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: First edition, first prnt. Review Copy with the publisher's compliments slip dated "Sept 27 1950" laid in. Signed by Williams on the second front free endpage. Faint beginning toning on spine topedge and endpages; dustjacket with chipping on front panel topedge, spine ends and one corner, other corners just touched and two inch closed tear at spine fold with interior tape repair (not visible on the outside). Near Fine condition in a Good dustjacket with an archival cover. A tight, clean copy in a bright dustjacket.
Seller: REVERE BOOKS, abaa/ilab & ioba, Fernandina Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Price: US$748.74 + shipping
Description: Finely bound vellum-backed batik boards in glassine dw, near fine. An exceptional copy complete with the original (somewhat edge-worn) slip-case. Scans and additional bibliographic detail on request. ; 148 pages; Description: 148 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects: Americans--Italy--Fiction. Women--Italy--Fiction. Rome (Italy) --Fiction. Limited to 500 copies and SIGNED by the author. 1 Kg.
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Williams, Tennessee. ROMAN SPRING OF MRS. STONE. Inscribed. New Directions, New York, 1950.
Price: US$4250.00 + shipping
Description: 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Wonderful Presentation Copy From The Library Of Marion Davies. Once the most famously advertised actress in the world, Marion Davies was the love of William Randolph Hearst life, Hollywood's premiere hostess, the inadvertent casualty of Orson Welles' monumental film fiction classic, Citizen Cane. Davies was beloved by all who actually knew her. "Marion Davies makes up for the rest of Hollywood," Tennessee Williams once said of her. First Trade Edition. Williams's first novel. 8vo, 148 pages, original yellow stamped black cloth. A near fine copy of the book in a very good, lightly used dustwrapper showing narrow loss at the extremities of the spine & some bottom edgewear. Inscribed & signed c. 1950, on the ffe. "To Marian [sic] Davies / with my "devoir", Tennessee Williams". A lovely copy - Marion Davies played by Amanda Michelle Seyfried won Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role Mank (2020) Golden Globes and nominated for an Oscar (2021).
Seller: TBCL The Book Collector's Library, Montreal, QC, Canada